Here is the story about the flag of the Town of Port McNeill, British
Columbia: "About ten years ago we held an open competition for a flag
design. The prize for the winning entry was $100.00. We received five
entries from amateur artists and sadly, none of them addressed the challenge
of publicising our most important industry which is sustainable forestry.
Forestry is the reason we have a Town here, so we rejected the designs and
divided the prize among the five entrants.
The mayor, who has long
been a campaigner for forestry designed a flag which shows small little
trees being planted and growing up, being harvested (not the stump) and
being replanted to once more grow into a healthy forest. This epitomises
what our Town is all about." Information and image of the flag thanks to
Sue Harvey, Deputy Administrator.
About the town: "Port McNeill is
a town on the north-eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia,
Canada with a population of 2,623 (2006). Originally a base camp for
loggers, Port McNeill became a settlement in 1936. The town was named after
Captain William Henry McNeill of the Hudson's Bay Company." - from
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_McNeill,_British_Columbia
![[Port McNeill flag]](../images/c/ca-bcpmn.gif)
image located by Valentin Poposki, 26 June 2011
